/**
 *  Copyright 2010 Kyle O'Connor, Justin Arling, Mike Mercieca
 *
 *  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 *  any later version.
 *  
 *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 *  GNU General Public License for more details.
 *  
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 *  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 * 
 */
package edu.drexel.sd0910.ece01.aqmon.util;

import java.net.URL;

import javax.swing.ImageIcon;

import org.apache.log4j.Logger;

/**
 * Utils class that provides common methods for image manipulation.
 * 
 * @author Kyle O'Connor
 *
 */
public class ImageUtils {
	
	private final static Logger log = Logger.getLogger(ImageUtils.class);

	/**
	 * Utils not to be instantiated.
	 */
	private ImageUtils() { }
	
	/**
	 * Returns an ImageIcon, or null if the path was invalid.
	 * 
	 * @param path path to image
	 * @param description a brief textual description of the image
	 * @return ImageIcon
	 */
	public static ImageIcon createImageIcon(String path, String description) {
		URL imgURL = ImageUtils.class.getResource(path);
		if (imgURL != null) {
			return new ImageIcon(imgURL, description);
		} else {
			log.error("Couldn't find file: " + path);
			return null;
		}
	}

}
